Pages tagged: mitral regurgitation

“Awareness of heart valve disease is low, and because there are sometimes no symptoms, or symptoms are dismissed as signs...

Gregg W. Stone, MD Cardiovascular Research Foundation Dr. Stone is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center,...

Mild mitral regurgitation (MR) implies that the degree of mitral regurgitation is not of hemodynamic significance, i.e., unlikely to affect...

Thanks for the question. I do not know the cause of your mitral regurgitation. There are many causes of mitral...

There are no specific risks related to the summer heat with respect to moderate, or even severe, mitral regurgitation. Many...

It is understandable that this type of discrepancy in the echo reports could cause concern or mistrust. There are many...

From what you have said in your question there does not seem to be any need for worry. We frequently...

The mitral leaflets are each roughly divided into 3 segments. Clinically significant mitral valve prolapse most commonly involved the middle...

Diseases of the heart valves are grouped according to which valve or valves are involved and the amount of blood...